Tug-holder.



PATENTED JUNE 11, 1907.

v No. 856,297.

0. A. mp5. TUG HOLDER.

. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 7, 1906.

UNITED STATES PATENT EETGE.

TUG-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. June 1 1, 1907.

Application filed August 7, 1906. Serial No- 329,607

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORLIE A- Ricn, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Eldred, in the county of MoKean and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Tug-Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention consists of a tug holder designed to be used inconnection with shafts of vehicles and particularly as a simple andeffective substitute for the tug or trace holding straps which areordinarily attached to the shafts near the rear ends thereof.

The invention is preferably of metallic or similar substantialconstruction and when mounted in proper position on the shafts, samewill permit of all required movement of the tugs or traces and at thesame time perform the usualv function of supporting the same.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the meansfor effecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the invention. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the invention, the swinging or movable yoke member beingshown in section. Fig. 3 is an edge elevation of the device.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and accompanying drawings by the same reference characters.

Specifically describing the invention, a holder embodying the sameconsists mainly of two parts, namely, a curved tang 1 and a movablymounted supporting member in the form of a yoke or bail 2 carried by thetang 1 and adapted to support the trace or tug by direct engagementtherewith. In applying the invention, the tang 1 is secured to a shaftor thill indicated at 3, by suitable fastening members 4, the latterbeing preferably arranged at about right angles to each other in orderto increase the substantiality of the connection between the tang 1. andthe shaft or thill 3. The trace or tug supporting member which ishereinafter called the yoke member 2, is formed at one end thereof withspaced pivot lugs 5 receiving therebetween a lug 6 at one end of thetang 1, the lugs 5 and 6 being suitably connected by a pivot pin 7.

The spaced sides of the yoke member 2 are connected together at theouter extremities 1 thereof by a roller 8, opposite end portions ofwhich are reduced and journ aled. in suitable bearings in the sides ofsaid yoke member. The roller 8 is adapted to come into direct contactwith the trace or tug of the harness, when the latter has been passedthrough the tug holder and is in operative position relative thereto,the provision of the roller 8 reducing friction incident to the movementof the tug or trace longitudinally under actual conditions of service,the pivotal connection of the yoke member 2 with the tang 1, however,being such as to permit of free pivotal movement of the yoke member upand down to accommodate for such movement ofthe trace or tug which isindicated at 9.

The construction of the holder is extremely simple and the same may bemanufactured at a nominal cost by reason of its peculiar structure. Thepeculiar mounting and cooperation of the device with regard to the traceis possessed of advantages which will. be very obvious to any one versedin the art to which the invention appertains.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A tug holder comprising a tang adapted to be secured to a shaft orthill, and a tug supporting member consisting of a yoke movably mountedupon the tang as specified.

2. In combination, a shaft or thill, a tug holder comprising a tangapplied thereto, and a yoke member pivoted at one end to the tangaforesaid and adapted to receive a trace.

3. In combination, a shaft or a thill, a tang secured thereto, and ayoke member adapted to support a trace and pivotally connected at oneend with the tang, the opposite end portion of the yoke member having aroller mounted therein for the purpose specified.

4. In combination, a thill or shaft, a tug holder therefor comprising atang secured thereto, a yoke member arranged to support ORLIE A. RICE.l/Vitnesses:

J. M. BLAKE, R. J. SILsBY.

a trace and pivotally connected with the

